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NCB Research advisers - current
The NCB Research Centre carries out lots of different research
and evaluation projects about, and with, children and young people.
We produce reports and publications, including some written with
young people, and provide advice and support on how to involve
children and young people in research. To help us with out work, we
have recruited 18 young people aged 10-17 from all over England to
be Young NCB Research
Advisers. You can find out what this group has been doing by
reading the newsletters below.
Read their latest newsletters:
My Money
What is the My Money project?
The My Money project has been set up to help schools teach their
pupils about how to look after their money when they are growing up
and after they leave school and become an adult. This will be
taught through Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE)
education in schools.
The sort of things that the My Money project will help schools
teach children and young people are:
- How to spend money wisely
- How and why to save money what we can do to avoid getting into
debt
- How to manage a home including how and why we pay bills and
taxes
- How to take care of a family
- About careers and what becoming ‘employable’ means
- Why being rich won’t necessarily make you happy
Who is running the project?
The project is being run jointly by a group of organisations.
These are:
- The PSHE Association – an organisation which helps teachers and
other people working in PSHE to give children and young people good
PSHE lessons.
- EDComms – specialists in educational communication
- Personal Finance Education Group - an educational charity who
aim to make sure that all young people leaving school have the
confidence, skills and knowledge in financial matters to take part
fully in society.
- National Children’s Bureau (NCB) – an organisation which works
to improve the well-being of all children and young people in
England across all areas of their lives.
- Young NCB – which is part of NCB and gives children and young
people the opportunities to speak out and take action on issues
that affect them. The My Money Young Advisers Group will be run by
Young NCB.
The money to run the project was given to the organisations by
the Department for Children, Schools and Families. This is the
government department whose job it is to make England the best
place in the world for children and young people to grow up.
Resources
The My Money Young Advisers have produced this information and
guidance to tell you more about personal finance education. This
include advice on saving, paying for college or university managing
money in your job and information about the different types of
bank accounts you can get as well as much more!
Please click on the link below.
MINTED [PDF 1.89 MB]
My Money Young Advisers
There are currently nine young advisers to the project who
play a very important role in designing and carrying out the My
Money project. They do this at residential meetings giving their
ideas to help guide the work of the project. They have also
completed a media training course to be able to act as media
spokespeople for the project.
For more information on My Money or the Young Advisers Board,
please contact Young NCB Coordinator, Nick Snow on
020 7843 6099.
Reports
My Money Young Advisers
Residential: 13-14 September 2008 [DOC 1.3MB]
- Met with other members of the group and developed your personal
and team skills
- Met with two members of My Money project staff
- Gained an understanding of the My Money project and your role
as advisers
- Learnt more about the topic area of financial capability
- Developed your communication skills
- Gave your views on the how what ‘My Money’ Week should be like
and how we should let people know about it
Young
Advisers Residential Report June 09 2009 [PDF 771KB]
- Developed the skills required to act as media spokespeople for
the My Money Project
- Met with members of the adult project board
- Evaluated your experiences of being a My Money Young Adviser so
far and talked about what you would like to do in the future
- Tested the My Money online game and gave feedback to the
creators of the game
My Money Young
Advisers Residential report September
2009 [PDF 869KB]
- Got to know members of the group that you had not met
before
- Developed presentation and public speaking skills to help you
in your role as ambassadors for the My Money Project
- Put together your ideas for a presentation/class or assembly
talk in school to get them involved in My Money
- Put together your ideas for the presentation at the My Money
Forum meeting on 14th October
My Money Young Advisors
Residential report December 2009 [DOC 627KB]
- Got to know members of the group that you had not met
before
- Developed ideas and plans for My Money activity for 2010
- Had training on how to use your Flip camera and how to develop
short film ideas
- Developed a brief for your mini media project
My Money Young Advisors
Residential report May 2010 [DOC 305KB]
- Developed skills to become Agony Aunts and Uncles for My Money
Week 2010
- Worked with Blu Rubicon to put together news stories about My
Money for local newspapers
- Produced your personal profiles for My Money Online!
My Money Young Advisors
Residential report October 2010 [PDF 477KB]
- Learnt all about campaigning - from developing your campaigning
skills to putting together your ideas for our own My Money
campaign!
- Recapped everything that you have done as a My Money Young
Adviser since the beginning of the project, and all the skills you
have learnt
- Produced your own case study ideas for a My Money YA
resource
- Came up with ideas for a My Money Week 2011 competition!
press cuttings of our members
Current Reports
YNCB's Fear of Crime Survey 2010
In April 2009, Young NCB members chose the priorities they would
focus on for the following two years. One of the priorities the
membership chose was Youth, Crime and Prevention. In October 2009,
the Young NCB Advisory Group chose to explore issues relating to
children and young people’s fear of crime.
At their January 2010 meeting, the Advisory Group began looking
at different areas of children and young people’s fear of crime
that they would like to focus on, working together to create the
very first draft of a survey that they wanted to send to Young NCB
members, NCB networks, and other children and young people.
The results were collated together in time for the July 2010
Young NCB Advisory Group meeting, where the Advisory Group got to
look at the responses and plan their next steps in this
priority.
Many drafts of the survey went back and forth between the
Advisory Group and NCB’s Research Centre, and in June 2010, the
survey went live. Due to the type of questions that were being
asked, and to make sure that we didn’t worry younger children and
young people taking part in the survey, it was agreed that the
survey would only be open to those aged 14 years old and over. In
total, 153 responses were received from the age range 14-18+. Of
those who responded 27% were Young NCB members, and 73%
non-members. Some young people didn’t answer every question in the
survey.
It is important for the reader to be aware that the young people
who responded to our survey are not representative of all young
people aged 14 years and over in England. So, their views about
crime might not be the same as other young people in England.
The results were collated together in time for the July 2010
Young NCB Advisory Group meeting, where the Advisory Group got to
look at the responses and plan their next steps in this
priority.
You can view the full
report here.
Archived Projects and Reports
NHS Care Record
Young NCB members help design leaflet for
other children and young people. - visit the
page
The Big Idea
Hear from one of the Big Idea steering group
members about being involved in this project. - visit the page
11 Million - Recruitment
Young NCB were asked if we could help the Office of the
Children’s Commissioner OCC, Now known as 11million in recruiting
new members of staff to their organisation. - visit the page
Children and young people’s views on patient safety
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
asked the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) to meet with children,
young people and parents to get their views on patient safety. We
held four events in different locations in England and one in Wales
in January and February 2007.
Climate Change
The Greater London Authority (GLA) wanted to
find out what children and young people’s views were on climate
change.
2007 - read the
report [PDF 407KB]
Curriculum Review
Young people’s views and opinions on how
diversity issues are covered across the national Curriculum.
2006 - read the report [PDF
337KB]
Options for Excellence
2006 - read the report [PDF
199KB]
Right2Reply
2006 - read the report [PDF
368KB]